Andrew Liszewski

Single serve French presses are far from a new innovation, but with the Minibru you don't need a pile of separate hardware, or one of those ridiculous looking, over-engineered French press travel mugs. It's designed to look like a regular old coffee cup, and keep the brewing process simple.

To whip up a morning batch (or mid-mornining, pre-brunch, brunch, post-brunch, etc.) you just fill the Minibru with coarsely ground coffee to a marked line, pour in hot water, and then after a couple of minutes insert a filter plunger that disappears into the coffee.

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It clears out most of the grinds, and when you're done with your hit of caffeine the Minibru is easy to dismantle and toss in the dishwasher. And for $25 there has to be a coffee addict on your Christmas shopping list this would appeal to. [ThinkGeek]